The annual taxes on the home are $27,720, according to town appraiser Tom Vickery.

The town-appraised value of the house is $1,521,000 million; however, that’s based on 2005 selling prices and doesn’t take the furnishings and artwork into account. Vickery is working on a townwide appraisal and expects the home’s value to increase somewhat once the appraisal is completed this summer.

OK, so they are paying $27,720 in property taxes on a $1.5 million valuation. They have the house up for $3.8 million, which means the comps are indicating that the assessed value will “somewhat” increase by at least double! In that case, the property tax bill alone will be a whopping $55,440 per year. And that’s before utilities, maintenance, insurance, etc.

This is why I would advise any winner of these dream homes to take whatever cash you can and run . . . as I mentioned in my previous blog on the 2012 HGTV Dream Home in Midway, Utah.

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If I won I would sell it right away simply because I don’t want to move. I would absolutely love to own a home, but I would rather take the money and buy a much cheaper home where I currently am and then have massive financial flexibility.